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Reviews for "==(Distant Oceans)=="

About time you submit something...

I don't remember off the top of my head when you submitted Northern Lights but it feels like forever. D:

I like that synth (rhodes?) at the beginning, what it plays, etc. You seem to build the song around it, which is nice - it works as a nice base. The high-pitched arp is awesome! :D Great job there - overall synth, delay, everything. I can see some slight dissonance with it - if you had cut that held note at the end of the arp pattern in half, and then lowered the second note one half step (kinda like what you did later in the song, except you raised it waaaaaaaaaaaaay up high) and then fitted the song around it, it could have sounded pretty awesome. ;D

Drums are nice. Personally I don't like a reverbed kick drum too much, as it muddies up the low frequencies, but since there's nothing else down there, I suppose it's ok. :P The snare reminds me of your snare in Celestial Swamp Life for some reason, maybe it's because I listened to that one a few times today. :P Could you give me a few tips on making good snares like that? Whenever I try to make a snare like that, it ends up being obnoxious and waaay in front. D: Rides/cymbals/etc. are nice, though I hear something playing eighth notes waaaay in the background, that's a bit too quiet.

Choirs are pretty awesome, I hardly ever hear you use those... they actually help the atmosphere quite a bit, you should use them more. :P That flute is definitely "soaring," well-done there. :D

I like the bass synth, though it's more quiet than subtle if you ask me. Raising the volume might have made it a bit too loud in some other ways... maybe you could have done a bit more work on the EQ here?

I didn't like the ending, unfortunately, it was a bit sudden for me - you didn't have to do the special pattern for the ending, you could have just played the normal pattern and it would have worked out fine, I think. :P

A shorter review than the kind I usually write, but I tried and I was never much for reviewing ambient stuff anyway. :P Great job, great atmosphere. 5/5, 9/10, keep it up! ;D

Ok here i am

K, so im here an i listened to it. I like it. Its pretty awesome.

5/5 9/10

Btw:
It would be great it you would leave a review one one of my audio submissions that you think sounds great to you SBB man.
(Another great artist we have here in NG People)

*Sigh*

Quote: "Kicks off around 0:27. Sounds best when played loudly." Very true SBB buddy. Respect.

More 'realistic' instruments please.

You are obviously a master at utilising these programs and the way you flow the melody through a bunch of variations, returning to the basic theme but changing it up and all the complementing countermelodies, rhythms and beats is wonderful.

My only criticism is that the main instruments sound a little too 'retro techno'ish for my liking. I'd personally have liked to hear this with more realistic instruments, but that's my personal preference.

Sitting on a mountain top, a lone figure watches the morning stars twinkle and fade out of sight. As the beats begin, the crack of sunlight appears, opens wider and the light rolls over the forests and ocean, revealing the vista before the silhouetted figure. Birds awake and fly into the morning sky. A ship moves towards a distant island.

After watching this, the figure picks up his bags and carries onwards on his journey. Walking down through the forest, the bugs appear, slivers of light on their bodies.

The sun is now high in the sky and a ship moves through the rolling waves. Fish jump out the water and the wind blows on the sails.

After a long journey, the lone figure arrives at a strange scene - caves high in a clifftop, accessible by ladders. Climbing up, he finds a single note weighed down with a rock - "catch me if you can".

He moves back through stalactites and stalagmites, peers through the mouth of the cave and sees the sun disappear. Tomorrow holds more adventure.

- Review Request Club -

:( Awesome!

This is such a beautiful song, I wish i could make music this well :(..

Da Da Du Da

This song is awesome. It sounds like an electronica-version of some slow acoustic ballads I've heard. It kind of reminded me of Super Mario 64 a the beginning, like RadioactiveRhino. Overall, really good.

REVIEW REQUEST CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/10
~ Z